David Farnor | On 04, Jul 2025

MUBI has a string of new titles from distinctive filmmakers to see you through the summer, with July boasting the latest offerings from Paolo Sorrentino, Igarashi Kohei, Kurdwin Ayub, Saulė Bliuvaitė and Alex Ross Perry.

In the meantime, it’s your last chance to stream Shirley.

What’s new, coming soon and leaving soon? Read on for your monthly MUBI Digest.

 

This month on MUBI

Parthenope – 4th July

Paolo Sorrentino returns to his native Naples with a sun-drenched portrait of a young woman whose life unfolds across the backdrop of the city’s postwar transformation. Named after the mythological siren associated with Naples, Parthenope is born at sea and comes of age in a world defined by beauty, melancholy, and the constant search for purpose.

Super Happy Forever – 4th July

With his fourth feature, director Igarashi Kohei crafts a gentle, melancholic meditation on grief, memory, and time set against the peaceful backdrop of a Japanese seaside resort. Premiering at Venice, the film unfolds in two subtle chapters, delicately shifting between past and present with warmth and clarity.

Pavements – 11th July

American indie auteur Alex Ross Perry returns with Pavements (2024), a witty, genre-defying tribute to the legendary ’90s slacker-rock band Pavement. The film blurs the lines between documentary, fiction, and parody as it weaves together real tour footage, surreal reinterpretations, and industry satire. The result is a layered, self-aware collage that is as inventive as it is affectionate.

Her Smell – 11th July

Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell (2018) follows the chaotic decline of fictional punk icon Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss) as her life unfolds like a five-act tragedy drenched in sweat, bile, and glitter. Once the magnetic frontwoman of the riot grrrl band Something She, Becky spirals through addiction, delusion, and self-sabotage, dragging her bandmates, manager, and young daughter along for the ride.

Moon – 18th July

Following her acclaimed debut Sun (2022), Kurdwin Ayub delivers her fittingly-titled second feature Moon (2024), a taut, provocative blend of realism and digital media that garnered three prizes at Locarno, including the Special Jury Prize. Unfolding between rural Austria and the gilded confines of the Jordanian elite, Moon studies female autonomy, cultural tension, and the illusions of empowerment.

Toxic – 25th July

Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Toxic (2024) announces a fearless new voice in European cinema with an uncompromising debut that swept three major awards at Locarno, including the Golden Leopard and Swatch First Feature. Set in the modelling world of post-Soviet Lithuania, the film unfolds in a landscape as contaminated as the lives within it – visually arresting, emotionally raw, and grounded in the director’s own experience.

Irreversible – 25th July

From its first second, Gaspar Noé’s spiralling Irreversible (2002) plunges you into its dark and violent narrative as it rewinds through the aftermath of a brutal assault, tracing the desperate journey of Marcus and Pierre as they seek to avenge the horrific attack of Alex, Marcus’s girlfriend.

 

Other titles also coming to MUBI UK in July 2025:

1st July
Ramen Shop
Babette’s Feast
Flux Gourmet
Moving
The Friends

7th July
Peeping Tom

15th July
…A Valparaíso

 

Last chance to stream: Titles leaving MUBI soon

Shirley
Available until: 14th July

Tokyo-Ga
Available until: 18th July

Alice in the Cities
Available until: 18th July

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